Millis' story illustrates why legislators and advocates in a growing number of states are promoting an end-of-life document they believe will improve the medical treatment of patients who cannot ...

A UB study has found that incomplete end-of-life treatment forms can lead to the elderly receiving more care than they may have wanted.

There must be a reason, one that’s beyond me, why so many people avoid filling out basic legal forms for end-of-life issues, like the durable power of attorney for finances and the advance ...

There must be a reason, one that’s beyond me, why so many people avoid filling out basic legal forms for end-of-life issues, like the durable power of attorney for finances and the advance ...

All adults should have an advance directive, and experts say that the elderly or seriously ill should also fill out a Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment form. These two forms specify ...

If you’ve talked with your family about end-of-life wishes – that’s the first step. You’ll also need paperwork to make your wishes clear. There are different names for the documents you ...

As part of National Health Care Decisions Day, Raleigh General Hospital will encourage area residents to make resolutions about end-of-life care.

A study of end-of-life medical directives shows nurse practitioners, rather than doctors, are helping people make plans for dying.

NPR's A Martinez talks to Ben Marcantonio of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, about in hospice care, how the focus is not about preparing for death, but for living a full life.

In recent years, physicians' orders for life sustaining treatments (POLST) forms have been seen as an important way to honor the end-of-life wishes of frail elderly or terminally ill patients who ...

THERE MUST be a reason, one that’s beyond me, why so many people avoid filling out basic legal forms for end-of-life issues, like the durable power of attorney for finances and the advance ...